Editor Shortcuts

General Shortcuts

These are the top-level shortcuts you'll be able to use in the editor.

Manipulating Elements

Select one or more elements, or groups of elements, to use these shortcuts.

General Element Shortcuts

Moving, Aligning, and Distributing Elements

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Note:

If one element is selected, the element will be aligned relative to the canvas. If multiple elements are selected, they will be aligned relative to each other.

The order in which multiple elements are selected is not relevant. If you select multiple elements, they will be aligned based on which element is furthest in the direction of the alignment applied.

For example: if Element A is in the middle of the canvas, and Element B is on the right side of the canvas, selecting both and using Align to the Left will align the left edge of Element B with the left edge of Element A.

Layers

Text

Scenes

These shortcuts will be available when you select one or more scenes in the scene list on the left side of the editor.

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Note:

You can copy or cut a scene from one video and paste it into a different video. The pasted scene will contain all of the same elements, animations, and script content of the source scene.

Script

These shortcuts will work if you don't have any elements or scenes selected.

Video Player

Use these shortcuts to control the Synthesia video player (whether you're watching a video from its share page, or it's been embedded elsewhere).

AI Screen Recorder

Use these shortcuts while recording your screen with the AI Screen Recorder browser extension.